Dvd Authoring Info

So, I went back to Yast and Transcode installed fine. [snipped] Hopefully I will now be able to get dvd author wizard working. I'll try when I get home from work this evening.

Turning to SMART, I played with this a little on Mandriva and liked very much what I saw. I also read somehere (I think) that it was to be the future package manager for SuSe and that apt4suse would be dropped. I'll have a read and give it a whirl in SuSE10. If I remember correctly it uses the apt repository file so set-up should be simple enough.[/b]

I hope KDE DVD Author Wizard installs OK. After you get working, don't forget to check out TOVID and TOVID-GUI. I think you need both mplayer and ffmpeg for TOVID to function. I switch between these two DVD authoring programs, dependant on what I am trying to do. They do have limitations (re: subtitles and menus) but I confess given the currently level of functionality of other Linux DVD authoring programs, these are the one's that strike me as being the most reliable (at this point in time).

I think you will like "smart", if you install it. Guru is doing a good job of keeping an up to date version. One thing I like about it (amongst other things) is it is compatible with both YaST and APT (as long as you don't execute more than one package manager at the same time).

I hope KDE DVD Author Wizard installs OK. After you get working, don't forget to check out TOVID and TOVID-GUI. I think you need both mplayer and ffmpeg for TOVID to function. I switch between these two DVD authoring programs, dependant on what I am trying to do. They do have limitations (re: subtitles and menus) but I confess given the currently level of functionality of other Linux DVD authoring programs, these are the one's that strike me as being the most reliable (at this point in time).

I think you will like "smart", if you install it. Guru is doing a good job of keeping an up to date version. One thing I like about it (amongst other things) is it is compatible with both YaST and APT (as long as you don't execute more than one package manager at the same time).
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System has no support for gtk python interface

The above is what I get when I try and run smart --gui. Any idea what is missing?

Thanks

System has no support for gtk python interface

The above is what I get when I try and run smart --gui. Any idea what is missing?[/b]

Yes.

The wiki (and also the HOW-TO on forums.suselinuxsupport) list the required apps.
http://www.susewiki.org/index.php?title=Smart

In your case, you need a current gtk2 and python-gtk. I'm pretty certain these are on your SuSE installation CD. So run YaST > SOFTWARE > SOFTWARE MANAGEMENT, do a search for gtk, and install it. And do a search for python-gtk, and install it. I also assume you got over the "rpmmodule.so" headache, and installed rpm-python. I'm reading that is also a delaying problem (to figure out) for a few individuals who are installing Smart for the first time.

I know this is a head-ache, but once its installed it will be worth it.

Just remember, don't run YaST and Smart at precisely the same time.

The above is what I get when I try and run smart --gui. Any idea what is missing?[/b]

Another comment, when you get to the point where you want to install KDE DVD Author Wizard, you are not going to find that in a SuSE smart repository (its too new). So you will have to download the tarball and install.

Thats easy to do. The "trick" is it uses a "kommander script". To run a kommander script you need "kdeweb-dev3". The way I found out about this was as follows:

After decompressing the KDE Author Wizard tar ball, I read the "readme.txt" for "KDE DVD Author Wizard", and noticed it mentioned "kommander". So I went to SMART package manager, and I did a search (description) for "kommander". SMART told me it was part of "kdewebdev3". So I selected "kdewebdev3" for installation, and SMART advised I also had to install tidy and libtidy. I accepted those package additions, and SMART installed kdeweb-dev3 and its dependencies.

I was then able to click on the package.kmdr (kommander scripts) and run KDE DVD Author Wizard.

I know the above is kind of obvious, but if one is new to this, it can be a small barrier.

I have just installed the SuSe rpm for Tovid. Installation went fine but no gui (tovidgui.py). Is that right? Do I have to install the Gui from the tarball?

Nearly there

You're a great help oldcpu

I have just installed the SuSe rpm for Tovid. Installation went fine but no gui (tovidgui.py). Is that right? Do I have to install the Gui from the tarball?[/b]

On my SuSE-10.0, I installed tovid from a tarball. Of course, the most important thing, is read the "INSTALL" instruction file.

There are good instructions here:
http://tovid.sourceforge.net/getting_started.html
Make sure you have the dependencies, with Python, wxPython, mplayer, mjpegtools, ffmpeg, ImageMagick, Sox, dvdauthor, vcdimager, transode, libdvdcss, lsdvd. That means include the devel packages as well.

After ./configure, and after giving myself root permissions, instead of running "make install", I ran the program "checkinstall" (where I have that program and its dependencies alreay installed on my SuSE 10.0). I can't remember if it worked right away, as sometimes "checkinstall" fails, and then one has to run "make install", and only then run "checkinstall".

The advantage of "checkinstall" is it creates a custom rpm, that one can use for installation on any other SuSE-10.0 pc in the house. Also, with an rpm, it is very easy to remove "tovid" afterward. And with an rpm, it means package managers such as YaST and SMART will now list the application in their database, and include it in their dependency considerations.

The same sort of installation was true for "tovid-gui".

So I now have my own custom rpm for tovid and tovid-gui, that I will use on the 3 other SuSE pcs in the house.

So I now have my own custom rpm for tovid and tovid-gui, that I will use on the 3 other SuSE pcs in the house.
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Thanks oldpcu,

Well SMART is now up and running and as you say it looks good. I'll have a (safe) play with it.

Thanks also for the tips re Tovid. I'll make an rpm (or try to ) for the gui part. The command line stuff seems to be installed ok. Its testing time me thinks.

Having problems with KDE dvd wizard though. All dependencies are installed and I have Kommander in my menu but I can't get the prog to run. I'll have to read through the HowTo again.

Many, many thanks :beer:

Having problems with KDE dvd wizard though. All dependencies are installed and I have Kommander in my menu but I can't get the prog to run. I'll have to read through the HowTo again. [/b]

You have Kommander installed? Good, that means you installed "kdewebdev3" to get it. Have you restarted kde since you installed "kdewebdev3" ?

Really, all you should have to do is click on "DVDAuthorWizard.kmdr" or click on "Installer.kmdr". Don't look for a more complex solution.

In my case, I dragged (copied) "DVDAuthorWizard.kmdr" to my desktop.

You have Kommander installed? Good, that means you installed "kdewebdev3" to get it. Have you restarted kde since you installed "kdewebdev3" ?

Really, all you should have to do is click on "DVDAuthorWizard.kmdr" or click on "Installer.kmdr". Don't look for a more complex solution.

In my case, I dragged (copied) "DVDAuthorWizard.kmdr" to my desktop.
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There is something wrong:

When I run Installer.kmdr I get the error: Command 'bash '/home/colin/Desktop/inst.sh' '/usr/bin/kommander' '/home/colin/Desktop' '/opt/kde3'' not found.

When I run the wizard I get: Could not run DVDBuilder.sh.

There is something wrong:

When I run Installer.kmdr I get the error: Command 'bash '/home/colin/Desktop/inst.sh' '/usr/bin/kommander' '/home/colin/Desktop' '/opt/kde3'' not found.

When I run the wizard I get: Could not run DVDBuilder.sh.
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Without knowing your pc configuration, this is beyond my abiltity to diagnose.

I assume you were careful with KDE DVD Author Wizard permissions? ie it and its subdirectories/files all have permissions associated with user 'coling' and not root? And when running the installation script, you run with root permssions?

Without knowing your pc configuration, this is beyond my abiltity to diagnose.

I assume you were careful with KDE DVD Author Wizard permissions? ie it and its subdirectories/files all have permissions associated with user 'coling' and not root? And when running the installation script, you run with root permssions?
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Ah, I think that might be it, I installed as user.
Is there a preferred way to uninstall or correct things?